Thursday 23 February 2017

Great Indian Busturd




Hey friends! you must have read or heard about The Great Indian Bustarda and the problems they are facing . Let's explore more about them-

The Great Indian Bustard also known as Indian bustard is a bustard found in India and the adjoining regions of Pakistan. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds.  

Conservation

 The great Indian bustard is Critically Endangered, having been extirpated from 90% of its former range in India. The largest remaining population is found in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, a vast landscape of sand dunes, scrublands and grasslands. It is the most densely human-populated desert in the world.

Habitat

Once common on the dry plains of the Indiansubcontinent, as few as 250 individuals were estimated in 2011 to survive and the species is critically endangered by hunting and loss of its habitat, which consists of large expanses of dry grassland and scrub.

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